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Slideas

Each Slideas set includes twenty slides ready to use with a slide projector or an individual viewer; a script to read with the slides; activity ideas to expand your program into a whole series; discussion starters and a resource list to add one more dimension to your programming.

Slideas may be borrowed for a two week loan period through your local public library from the Outreach Services Department at the Pioneer Library System. Please contact Nancy Herzig, nherzig@pls-net.org or (585) 394-8260 for more information.

The following sets are available:

VOLUME I: Sweet Memories

(A history of the sweets and treats in our lives)

  • Mothers (The women who helped us grow up)
  • Vacations (Where we've gone, how we got there)
  • Advertisements (Slogans, tunes, pictures and endorsements)

VOLUME II: The Joy of Food

(Growing, buying, fixing, savoring, and remembering food)

  • Weddings (The ideas surrounding the time-honored tradition of marriage)
  • Elections (A look at the many opportunities to participate in the political process)
  • Quilts (The great cover-up. Men, women and children all have warm memories of family quilts)

VOLUME III: Spring in Bloom

(A lovely program topic for any time of year)

  • Summer Porches (Where you could watch the world go by, entertain visitors with a glass of lemonade, or take a break)
  • Fall Color (Back to school, hunting, raking leaves, and Thanksgiving)
  • Winter Snow and Ice (Sleighs, skis, skates, snowshoes, shovels and snow)

VOLUME IV: Shopping in the Old Ways

(The reminiscences of shoppers, storekeepers, and their children)

  • Fathers (Use this set to remember a father's roles)
  • Post Cards (Once upon a time, people sent post cards for all occasions)
  • Table Manners (How table manners have been taught and how they have changed)

VOLUME V: My Favorite Toy

(The best present you ever got)

  • Toystore Window (Toys that have pressed children's noses flat against glass through the decades)
  • Our Heroes (The toys inspired by our heroes from radio, television, movies and books)
  • How to Be a Kid Again (Remember tin-can stilts, paper dolls, gum wrapper chains?)

VOLUME VI: Valentine's Day

(A survey of affection's greetings through the years)

  • Arbor Day (The past, present and future importance of trees in our lives)
  • Fourth of July (This glorious summer holiday celebration includes fireworks, parades, friends, festivities, and food)
  • Halloween (A magic night when anything can happen)
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